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WASTE WINDER.

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HOWARD D. COLMAN, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HOWARD D. COLMAN', LUTHER L. MILLER, AND HARRY A. SEVERSO'N, COPARTNER-S TRADING AS BARBEB-COLMAN COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

WASTE-WIN'DER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

Application filed. May 12, 1916. Serial No. 96,977.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD D. COLMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waste-Winders, of which the following is a specification.

WVhen the outer portion of the yarn mass upon a bobbin or other carrier is soiled, out or tangled, such damaged portion must be removed before the remainder of the yarn can be used in the intended manner. This invention relates to means for unwinding such damaged yarn in order that the re mainder of the yarn may be rewound to form yarn masses suitable for use in the subsequent processes employed in the manufacture of cloth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmental side elevation of a waste winder embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmental front elevation of the winder. Fig. 3 is a fragmental sectional view taken in the plane of dotted line 3 of Fig. 1.

The embodiment herein shown of the invention comprises a supporting frame 1 having bearings in which is supported a continuously-rotated drive shaft 2. Upon said shaft is splined a friction clutch member 3 which is arranged to engage a clutch member 4; formed upon a bevel gear wheel 5, the latter being rotatably mounted upon the shaft 2. The gear wheel 5 meshes with a bevel pinion 6 which is fixed upon a shaft or spindle 7 carried in suitable bearings upon the frame 1. The shaft 7 extends forwardly and upwardly and carries at its forward end a frusto-conical core or yarn carrier 8. To prevent yarn from getting into the spacebehind the yarn carrier 8, the rear end of the yarn carrier is provided with a peripheral flange 9 which rotates within the flange 10 of a disk fixed to the housing 11. Said housing is carried by the frame 1 and comprises a circular rear wall 12 and a peripheral wall 13. At the lower side of the housing 11, the peripheral wall 13 is provided with a slot 14 through which the yarn may be led into engagement with the yarn carrier 8.

The means for sliding the clutch member 3 into and out of engagement with the clutch member 4 may be of any suitable character, as, for example, a treadle 15 connected by means of a link 16 to an arm 17 pivoted at 18 in the frame 1. Rigid with the arm 17 is an arm 19 having a forked upper end carrying antifriction rollers 20 that lie within a peripheral groove 21 in the clutch member 3. Rigid with the arms 17 and 19 is an arm 22 to which is connected a tension spring 23 that normally holds the clutch member 3 out of engagement with the clutch member 1. 24 (Fig. 2) is a stop arranged to be engaged by the arm 17 to limit the action of the spring 23.

If desired, means may be provided for supporting a yarn mass which is to be rewound upon the yarn carrier 8. However, it is usually more convenient for'the operative to hold the yarn carrier in her hand while the yarn is being unwound. The yarn is connected to the rapidly revolving yarn carrier 8 by simply looping the end of the yarn around the yarn carrier 8 or laying the yarn upon the mass of yarn on said carrier. The slot 1 1 is of such limited width that the bobbin if jerked from the hand of the operator cannot reach the yarn carrier 8. The peripheral wall 13 compels the operative to lead the yarn through the slotl and also serves as a guard or fender for the carrier 8.

After the soiled, cut or tangled yarn has been unwound from the bobbin, the remainder of the yarn may be rewound upon any suitable form of winder.

The accumulation of yarn on the tapering carrier 8 may be slipped 01f whenever desired.

' I claim as my invention:

1. A waste winder having, in combination, a support, a rotary spindle carried by the support, a yarn carrier on the spindle, and a stationary housing surrounding the yarn carrier and having a rear wall which rier being tapered toward the forward end yarn carrier said housing comprising a thereof. peripheral Wall and a rear Wall, and an an 2. A Waste Winder having, in combinanular flange on the rear Wall surrounding 10 tion, a rotatory shaft, a yarn carrier the flange on the yarn carrier. mounted on the forward end of said shaft, In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set a peripheral flange on the rear portion of my hand. 7 said yarn carrier, a housing surrounding the HOWARD D. GOLMAN.

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